diff --git a/cake/libs/validation.php b/cake/libs/validation.php
index 4ea3df2a3..4b732f25e 100644
--- a/cake/libs/validation.php
+++ b/cake/libs/validation.php
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ class Validation extends Object {
 					$_this->regex  = '/\\A\\b[A-Z]{1,2}[0-9][A-Z0-9]? [0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2}\\b\\z/i';
 					break;
 				case 'ca':
-					$_this->regex  = '/\\A\\b[ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXY][0-9][A-Z] [0-9][A-Z][0-9]\\b\\z/i';
+					$_this->regex  = '/\\A\\b[ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXY][0-9][A-Z] ?[0-9][A-Z][0-9]\\b\\z/i';
 					break;
 				case 'it':
 				case 'de':
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/validation.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/validation.test.php
index 8acf5d8fe..d3db2e7df 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/validation.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/validation.test.php
@@ -2121,6 +2121,7 @@ class ValidationTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertFalse(Validation::postal('B2A 2AB', null, 'ca'));
 		$this->assertTrue(Validation::postal('X0A 0A2', null, 'ca'));
 		$this->assertTrue(Validation::postal('G4V 4C3', null, 'ca'));
+		$this->assertTrue(Validation::postal('L4J8D6', null, 'ca'));
 
 		$this->assertFalse(Validation::postal('111', null, 'us'));
 		$this->assertFalse(Validation::postal('1111', null, 'us'));